Hogg Building

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Hogg Building
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The building's exterior in 2011
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Location401 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas
Coordinates 29°45′45″N95°21′50″W / 29.76250°N 95.36389°W / 29.76250; -95.36389 Coordinates: 29°45′45″N95°21′50″W / 29.76250°N 95.36389°W / 29.76250; -95.36389
Arealess than one acre
Built1921 (1921)
ArchitectBarglebaugh & Whitson
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Mediterranean Revival
NRHP reference No. 78002943 [1]
RTHL No. 10684
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1978
Designated RTHL1981

The Hogg Building, also known as the Hogg Palace, is a building located at 401 Louisiana in Downtown Houston, Texas, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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History

The Hogg Building was known as the Armor Building during the design process [2] and the Great Southern Building when it opened in March 1921. [3] Charles Erwin Barglebaugh and Lloyd R. Whitson of El Paso designed the eight-story, Sullivan-inspired building. The ground floor was used as a showroom for automobiles, while the other stories were dedicated to office space. It was constructed of concrete with reinforced steel, thus eliminating the need for a large number of piers. The building is also characterized by a great number of windows, covering much of the outer facing. Ornamentation marks the tops of the seventh and first floors. [2]

William Clifford Hogg, the eldest son of former Texas Governor Jim Hogg, used the eighth-floor penthouse to manage Hogg Brothers Company and the family's philanthropic projects. [3] [4] In the 1920s, Hogg's workspace was, "surrounded by a roof garden lavishly abloom with shrubs and flowers, in a suite of elegantly furnished rooms that included an oval dining room, a kitchen, a living room, and a guest bedroom as well as offices." [4] He decorated the penthouse with his collection of artwork by Frederic Remington. [4] [5] The Hogg family used the penthouse as a business office until 1941. [3]

In the early 1990s, developer Randall Davis converted the retail and office building into seventy-nine loft apartments. [6] Davis opened the refurbished building as the Hogg Palace Lofts in the fall of 1995, and it was already fully leased by the end of that year. [7]

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William Clifford Hogg was an attorney, a developer, a civic activist, and a philanthropist.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Henry, Jay C. (1993). Architecture in Texas, 1895-1945 . Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. pp. 66–67.
  3. 1 2 3 Kirkland, Kate Sayen (2009). The Hogg Family and Houston: philanthropy and the civic ideal . Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. p. 28.
  4. 1 2 3 Bernhard, Virginia (1996). Ima Hogg: the Governor's daughter (2 ed.). New York: Brandywine Press. p.  67.
  5. Kirkland, p.213
  6. Myers, Victoria J. ( "Preservation CAN work in Houston: The Humble Oil & Refining Company Building" (PDF). 6 (3). Houston History.
  7. Bivins, Ralph (December 20, 1995)."Lofty ambitions/Old Texaco offices selling to investors/Downtown building to get apartments". Houston Chronicle.